Archive for October, 2012

The casting of the Russian REMAKE of the Belgian drama series « Double Life » (13 x 50’/ Eyeworks) is known : the cast will include a.o. very well know actors Ekaterina Volkova, Nikolaev Valery, Lavrov Fedor, and Olkina Ekaterina. The series is now in pre production for Channel One, the largest TV station in Russia ! The shooting will start in a few weeks in Moscow and the Russian « Double Life » will be broadcast in 2013 in PRIME-TIME !

« Double Life » (13 x 50’) tells the story of two women in their thirties who have been living in the assumption that they were having an exclusive and happy relationship with their husband. However, when he dies, they find out he had deceived them, leading a double life, having a relationship with both of them. The subject of this series is clear of interest to people/viewers if you for example just see the case of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (or Dominique Strauss-Kahn) double life and the massive amount of media attention to this case all over the world and to other cases of persons having a double life. And especially if your husband is living with his second-double wife & kids just a few miles away from your home.

« Double Life » (13 x 50’) is a new drama series from Eyeworks broadcast on VRT (largest TV station in Belgium). « Double Life » (13 x 50’) had an AVERAGE of 1,4 million viewers and 46,2 % Market Share (the second episode had even 50,9% Market Share !!!!). All this in a market of only 6 million people (=Dutch-speaking Belgium).

After having been broadcast in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore , Eastern Europe, …, « Rembrandt & I » (4 x 50’ / WATCH IT ONLINE BELOW), the large historical biography of Dutch painter Rembrandt has been selected at Mipcom by SKY and will launch soon in the UK !

The producer of this series (Hans de Weers ) was coproducer of the American blockbuster ALEXANDER ( directed by Oliver Stone and starring Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Anthony Hopkins, Val Kilmer)? He was also coproducer of the feature film MINDHUNTERS (starring Val Kilmer and Christian Slater). Finally, he line-produced a substantial part of blockbuster Ocean’s Twelve (starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon).

The producer of « Rembrandt & I » also won a lot of prices with its Dutch movies, a.o the Oscar of the Best Foreign Movie for ANTONIA’S LINE.

ANTONIA’S LINE was directed by Marleen Gooris , who directed many movies, one episode of the US series « The L World », and so also « Rembrandt & I » (4 x 50’).

CRAZY COW is proud to announce that the lawyers series “Nothing but the truth” (80 x 50’ in HD ) has been nominated as “Best Series” at the Genève Festival, and will compete with a.o. “Girls” (HBO), “Inside Men” (BBC),“The Newsroom” (HBO),…

“Nothing but the truth” (80 x 50’ ) is the MOST SUCCESSFUL series in French-speaking Canada : an average of 1,2 million viewers (in a market of only 7 million people!) watch it every week !

“Nothing but the truth” (80 x 50’ ) :

-Like an American series (look, etc…)

-Long-running series : every year, 20 new episodes (like an American series)